Yorkshire whisky distillery produces limited edition spirit for German Whisky Fairs

The team at Yorkshire's first single malt whisky distillery has collaborated with its German importer to create an exclusive whisky for the German market.

Launched at Germany's largest whisky fair, Whisky-Messe, in Nuremberg, Filey BayGerman Fair Exclusive #1 is a marriage of ex-Bourbon, ex-Islay and ex-PX casks chosen from the Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery warehouse by whisky director Joe Clark and German importer Schlumberger's ‘Keepers of the Quaich' Andrea Caminneci and Thomas Plaue.

"This exceptional whisky is fruity and complex with flavours of orange chocolate, stollen and sweet smoke," said Mr Clark.

"We are not known for making peated whisky, and the only example of our whisky with any influence of peat is our Filey Bay Peated Finish, matured solely in ex-Bourbon. By marrying casks rather than seeking just a single cask it has allowed for a greater degree of creative freedom to create a whisky that is very different to anything we have released before. This special bottling marries together three cask types to showcase a softly sherried and very lightly peated Filey Bay whisky."

Filey BayGerman Fair Exclusive #1, 48.5% ABV is limited to 300 bottles and is available exclusively from Schlumberger in Germany.

Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery is located in Hunmanby, North Yorkshire and isone of only a handful of distilleries worldwide that grows 100% of the barley used to produce its whisky.

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PhotoJoe Clark with Filey Bay German Fair Exclusive #1 Spirit of Yorkshire whisky director Joe Clark

For more information or to arrange an interview withJoe Clark,please contact Tracey Baty at three60 marketing on:

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Notes to editors

1.      Spirit of Yorkshire is a collaboration between farmer and brewer Tom Mellor and business partner David Thompson. Filey Bay single malt whisky is available throughout the UK and in a growing number of export markets.For more information, please visithttps://www.spiritofyorkshire.com/

2.      For more information about Schlumberger, please visithttps://www.schlumberger.de/